The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Water Works An Attempt to Burn
aschool House in Monroe County
Rice Birds Attacking the Oat Crop in
Dougherty County.
Sam Jones ard Sam Small ars conduct
ing revival at Rome.
Athens cotton receipts the past season
foot up so, 400. They are expected to reach
over 100000 next year.
Mr.. Alexander, of Athens, aged So years,
father-in-law to Capt. J. e. Ritch, had his
first tooth pulled Monday.
John Hemrick, aged 81 years, is very i'll
at Princeton factory and not expected to
live. He has II children and Is grandchil-
dren His wife is also alive.
There is some talk of an adjourned term
of Superior Court for Banks county Time
was when the regular term lasted but two
days. Prosperity and litigation go hand in
hand.
Mrs Ann Franklin, of Brunswick, has a
curiosity in her garden in the shape of a fig
growing out of the body of the tree feet
from the ground, with neither limb nor leaf
in , feet of it,
Reports from Heard county say that
negro man and woman were jailed for beat
ing child to death, and that John Persons
shot and killed Nath Brewer on William
Edmondsons place. Both were colored.
Rem Finch, an old Athens butcher, died in
Oconee county Saturday. He had been a
great sufferer. His whole face had been
eaten off with cancer and his tongue was
lying on his breast. He was buried Satur-
day.
The Georgia Woinen's Indian Association
met at Atlanta Tuesday and completed the
organization of the society, adopting the
constitution, electing chairmen of several
committees and planning work for the sea-
son.
AS Mr.. lee Swanson was returning from
Greenville Sunday evening negro, who
had held his horse in that town and had not
been paid, fired on him from behind tree,
causing the horse to run and break up the
buggy.
Henry Horne is in receipt of a telegram
from Jesse w Starr, of Philadelphia, saying
ne will be in Macon this week to arrange
for the establishment of his gas works in
Macon, and will also make a proposition as
to water works.
Mr.. Lawson, of Athens, who has already
invented two cotton baskets and sold the
rights for handsome sum, has now gone to
work and patented cotton chopper that
gives the staple complete working by GO
ing over 1t one time with hand and horse.
Rice birds in large droves are attacking
the oat fields in Dougherty county. These
birds never appeared in those parts in any
thing like large numbers until last year.
They evidently like the oats of Southwest
Georgia, and are going to become regular
visitors
At Brunswick Tuesday Sylvanus Little
field caught from his wharf shark feet
long and weighing 165 pounds. His shark
ship was lured to his death by a blackfish
secured to hook. Mr.. Littlefield had royal
sport playing him, but had to have help to
get him on the wharf.
The Peoples National Bank, of Americas,
In the past four months, under the manage
ment of President Windsor and Cashier
Fielder, has made q profit OF 20 per cent. on
its capital stock, and some stock was re-
Gently sold at 100, the highest price it ever
commanded since its organization.
w. II. Bremen, an Atlanta boy, has Just
8 been appointed electrician and chief super
intendent of construction for the. purpose of
erecting an 5000 light, Edison patent, TO
illuminate the palace of the Mikado of
Japan. He has been placed in full control
OF Edison's work abroad, and will leave
Cincinnati in a few days for Shanghai,
China.
M Nlntervllle reports that it has rained in
every section and neighborhood around
town, yet the town has not had enough to
30 tine crops and gardens any good, and
eveipthing is looking gloomy. A very
She plantation of A. S. Dorsey, last Thurs
day, doing considerable damage to his crop
ef young cotton and corn.
William Haddock has lust returned to
Athens from q visit to Gainesville, and
says that during the hail storm last week the
ktones were so large that they knocked down
* Earnatt Mcmillan and several other men
and boys, besides Telling a team of mules.
Iig htning set fire to James Wilson's house,
III it was saved by hard work. Mr.. Had
Jock says it was the hardest hail storm he
B ever saw.
@ff J. H Dorsey contemplates building n belt
ktreet railroad, mt Athens using the present
couJe, but 'circling around by Blairsville,
kairview, and passing tine reservoir and sui
ehur springs by comparatively level way
@hat can be found by circling the hill in the
PEAR OF Il L. Brittain's, and returning up
& the hollow via the Macon and Athens depot
that will he located in the rear of Mrs. j.
Nv. Nicholsou's.
u. Bailif KiInbrew, OF Macon, has DONE
perhaps, what 10 other bailif ever thought
bf. A negro dug a well for party and
payment was refused because the work was
I not done properly. He sued out a laborer's
lien, and BailiR Kirnbrew went out and
levied on the WE'LL As he couldn't well take
it away, and as such a levy wouldn't hold
water in a court OF justice no afterward
levied on the lot.
a gentleman from Oconee SAYS that
Young Robinson, the negro burglar now in
Athens, in JAIL is undoubtedly the negro
who did all the burning in Oconee county
and fired the town of Natlzinsville. There
is almost conclusive proof that he burned
Mr.. Marshall's store The gentleman says
il this negro is carried to Watldnsville he
will certainly be lynched, as the people are
outraged at bis crimes.
J. F. Pate, of Button, tells Of what came
near proving Colquitt Hodges last bee
hunt One day last week Messls. Pate
Hodge and others robbed bee tree. When
they had eaten as much honey as they
wanted, Mr. Hodge and another of the
party commenced frolic, when Mr.. Hodge
stumbled ol-r log and fell. In some way
he sucked large piece Of honey comb down
his throat and came near choking to death
befcre il was dlslodged.
i. $. ScrUggs, Macon mechanic, ar
rested Fred Perkins, one OF the mon Far
wh.i Gov. Gordon offered q reward of $3.50,
rs being indicted for tho murder of Jalues
Moore. Perkins was a well-know1l mechanic
OF Macon. lie left few days after Moore
was lyliched He was arrested at his fathers
house, about five miles from Cochran, early
Tuesday morning and was brought 10 Macon